>>>>> "Mario" == Mario Michael da Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mario> Raju Mathur [linux-list] <24/09/02 09:45 +0530>:
>> >>>>> "Suresh" == Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> writes:
>>
Suresh> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raju Mathur) writes:
>> >> Please refrain from sending virus-like attachments to the >>
>> list, even as a joke. Your mail hasn't reached hundreds of LIH
>> >> subscribers due to containment by anti-virus tools, and at
>> >> least one person has unsubscribed under the impression that
>> the >> list sent him a virus.
>>
Suresh> Raju - I'd say this warning is definitely not on.
>>
Suresh> I haven't seen objections to this in most lists
Mario> Raju, Devdas, my apologies, i'll change my sig
Mario> immediately. Suresh i agree with you 100%. if this sort of
Mario> sig is frowned upon on a linux technical mailing list, then
Mario> something definately sucks. but the admins are always
Mario> right.
I wouldn't go so far, all I'm saying is that your `attachment' does
the following:
1. Cause your mail not to be delivered to a number of subscribers.
2. Cause some subscribers to remove themselves from the list.
3. Cause extra work for Devdas and I.
...without achieving any purpose. If it actually succeeded in getting
even one corporation to bug its anti-virus vendor and the vendor to
upgrade its software, I'd say go right ahead. But as it stands I
doubt if doing anything besides satisfying your soul: nice, but maybe
not in the best interests of all.
BTW, that was Raj Mathur and not List Admin speaking.
>> mandate is to get the mail to as many members as possible, and
>> if a significant percentage of the members miss the message it
>> detracts from the usefulness of the list. I agree that it is
>> broken anti-virus
Mario> that point of view is highly subjective btw.
<ADMIN HAT>
My mandate as List Admin is quite clear, and I don't agree that there
is subjectivity involved in it.
</ADMIN>
-- Raju
--
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